The Japanese phonetic alphabet (和文通話表, literally "Japanese character telecommunication chart") is a radiotelephony spelling alphabet, similar in purpose to the NATO phonetic alphabet, but designed to communicate Japanese kana rather than Latin latters. The alphabet was sponsored by the now-defunct Ministry for Posts and Telecommunications. FAA radiotelephony phonetic alphabet and Morse code chart. ... Japanese writing Kanji 漢字 Kana 仮名 Hiragana 平仮名 Katakana 片仮名 Uses Furigana 振り仮名 Okurigana 送り仮名 Romaji ローマ字 For other meanings of Kana, see Kana (disambiguation). ... The Latin alphabet, also called the Roman alphabet, is the most widely used alphabetic writing system in the world today. ...

Each kana is assigned a code word, so that critical combinations of kana (and numbers) can be pronounced and clearly understood by those who transmit and receive voice messages by radio or telephone, especially when the safety of navigation or persons is essential. // Basic numbering in Japanese The system of Japanese numerals is the system of number names used in the Japanese language. ...

There are specific names for kana, numerals, and special characters (i.e. vowel extender, comma, quotation mark, and parentheses).

Kana

Every kana name takes the form of a X の Y, for example りんごのリ, meaning "ri of ringo". Voiced kana do not have special names of their own. Instead, one simply states the unvoiced form, followed by "dakuten". /P/ sounds are formed the same way, using the handakuten. Thus, to convey "ba", one would say "はがきのハ 濁点". To convey "pa", one would say "はがきのハ 半濁点". Dakuten (濁点), colloquially ten-ten (dot dot), is a diacritic sign most often used in the Japanese kana syllabaries to indicate that the consonant of a syllable should be pronounced voiced. ... Dakuten (濁点), colloquially ten-ten (dot dot), is a diacritic sign most often used in the Japanese kana syllabaries to indicate that the consonant of a syllable should be pronounced voiced. ...

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Dakuten (濁点), colloquially ten-ten (dot dot), is a diacritic sign most often used in the Japanese kana syllabaries to indicate that the consonant of a syllable should be pronounced voiced. ... Dakuten (濁点), colloquially ten-ten (dot dot), is a diacritic sign most often used in the Japanese kana syllabaries to indicate that the consonant of a syllable should be pronounced voiced. ...

Numerals

To spell out numerals, one simply uses "数字の..." (suuji no...), and then states the name of the number. This is analogous to the English language practice of saying "the number nine" or "the number five", etc.

When a number can be named in multiple ways, one uses the most distinctive name. For example, 1 is spelled as "hito", since its more common reading "ichi" could be confused with "shichi", a reading of 7. 7, in turn, is spelled out as "nana", never "shichi", lest it be confused with 1 or 4 ("shi"). 4, in turn, is always spelled out "yon".

Notably, 0 is not read as zero or rei, but as maru ("circle"). 0 (zero), alternatively called naught or nought, is both a number and a numeral. ...

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Special symbols